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How to download your Google data
     heard on Sat 12 Sep 26
Important: If you download your Google data, it doesn’t delete it from Google’s servers. Learn how to delete your account or how to delete your activity. You can export and download your data for the Google products you use, for example:

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Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud
     heard on Sat 12 Sep 26
Learn how to archive or make copies of your iCloud Drive files, photos and videos, Safari bookmarks, and more. Making an archive of what you keep in iCloud is one more way to keep an extra copy of your information. Then if you accidentally delete an important contact, email, or document, you can restore it from iCloud or from another copy that you have.

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‘Your Photos Will Be Deleted Today’ Cloud Storage Scam Explained
     heard on Sat 12 Sep 26
You open your inbox and the subject line hits like a punch: your photos will be deleted today. Not next week. Not “soon”. Today. If you have years of family pictures, travel videos, and backups tied to a cloud account, that kind of message can short-circuit your judgment in seconds. That is exactly what scammers are counting on.

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Ferrite bead
     heard on Sat 12 Sep 26
A ferrite bead – also called a ferrite block, ferrite core, ferrite ring, EMI filter, or ferrite choke[1][2] – is a type of choke that suppresses high-frequency electronic noise in electronic circuits.

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How to stop your LG TV from spying on you
     heard on Sat 12 Sep 26
Every LG owner should be aware that their TV is spying on them, thanks to hidden WebOS features. It takes screenshots of the content you're watching and shares your information with third parties. It also stores more information than you think in the user agreements that you might have ticked without reading.

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Vulnerabilities Statistics 2025: Record CVEs, Zero-Days & Exploits
     heard on Sat 12 Sep 26
2025 has shattered records for disclosed vulnerabilities, with over 21,500 CVEs and 38% rated High or Critical. Explore key trends, fastest-exploited flaws, and how to defend with risk-based patching and continuous validation.

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Sam Vimes theory of socioeconomic unfairness
     heard on Sat 12 Sep 26
The Sam Vimes theory of socioeconomic unfairness, often called simply the boots theory, is an economic theory that people in poverty have to buy cheap and subpar products that need to be replaced repeatedly, proving more expensive in the long run than more expensive items. The term was coined by English fantasy writer Sir Terry Pratchett in his 1993 Discworld novel Men at Arms. In the novel, Sam Vimes, the captain of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, illustrates the concept with the example of boots.

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Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily
     heard on Sat 5 Sep 26
Here at balena we have thousands of users working through our getting started process, we found there was no easy way for our users to flash an SD card that we could recommend to everyone.

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How to place or lift a security freeze on your credit report
     heard on Sat 5 Sep 26
A credit freeze restricts access to your credit report. If you suspect someone stole your personal information or identity, placing a credit freeze can help protect you from fraud.

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Using Timeshift to back up and restore your Zorin OS
     heard on Sat 5 Sep 26
Timeshift for Linux is an application that provides functionality similar to the System Restore feature in Windows and the Time Machine tool in Mac OS. Timeshift protects your system by taking incremental snapshots of the file system at regular intervals. These snapshots can be restored at a later date to undo all changes to the system.

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